Dec 7, 2018

9.5/10

After TPAB I was wondering what direction could Kendrick possibly go next? The idea of taking all of the popular sounds of the time and putting his own Kdot twist on it somehow worked out perfectly; d--- ticks all the boxes. Few people are as well-versed in the art of assembling albums like Kendrick--every song/verse fulfills a purpose and his ability to create an overarching theme to bind his albums together is a thing of beauty. The singles were great and the album cuts anchor down what was another successful project in his remarkable career. The question once again is, where could he possibly go from here?

 

Dec 6, 2018

i am thoroughly enjoying watching the Stan brigade eviscerating this lol

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Dec 5, 2018

0/10
no songs I come back to, no songs I like, I only remember anything about it because it was so bad. I dont think I listened to it in full in one try

 

Dec 5, 2018

4/10. Believe, Castle and Arose are dope. I also kind of liked Bad Husband and Framed. His worst album by far imo

 

Dec 5, 2018

f--- Revival. No Em, it wasn’t a f---ing porterhouse or sliders that you served us, it was 30 oz of donkey c-m.

1/10 Worst album of his career and it’s not even close.

 

Dec 2, 2018

A lot of nostalgia in this album for me. Sure it’s no Country Grammar but it’s a very underrated follow up; the hits never stopped and Nelly was still one of the best rappers around when this dropped, marrying radio-friendly tracks with his St Louis sound in a way he never would again. The album runs too long and sounds very of it’s time, but the producers and guests all bring it (RIP St. Lunatics) and stop it dragging too much.

8/10

 

Nov 30, 2018

The Life of Pablo gets a 7.4/10 from 18 ratings

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RATING 7: Nelly - Nellyville
Release Date: 25 June 2002
Label: Universal / Fo’ Reel



Tracklist:

01. Nellyville
02. Getting’ It Started (Skit)
03. Hot in Herre
04. Dem Boyz ft. Kyjuan, Murphy Lee
05. Oh Nelly ft. Murphy Lee
06. p---- Juice
07. Air Force Ones ft. Kyjuan, Ali, Murphy Lee
08. In the Store (Skit)
09. On the Grind ft. King Jacob
10. Dilemma ft. Kelly Rowland
11. Splurge
12. Work It ft. Justin Timberlake
13. Roc the Mic (Remix) ft. Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Murphy Lee
14. The Gank
15. 5000 (Interlude)
16. #1
17. CG2 ft. Kyjuan, Murphy Lee
18. Say Now
19. f--- It Then (Skit)
20. Stick Out Ya Wrists ft. Toya

Nelly doesn’t get the respect he deserves. The man has a diamond selling album under his belt. I was just starting to get into rap around the time Nellyville dropped and I remember alternating between this, The Eminem Show and Blueprint 2 non-stop the whole year (“only dudes moving units: Em, p---- Juice and us”). Obviously the nostalgia is a big factor looking back at this album. But it still holds up surprisingly well. Maybe a little heavy ended, especially compared to Country Grammar (the whole thing is probably 20 minutes too long) but still stacked with hits, top to bottom. I never liked the St. Lunatics but their appearances add a good amount of flavour when they pop up. Looking back now its also interesting to hear how this and Country Grammar built a lot on the sounds Mannie Fresh was making from a few years prior and brought it to the mainstream. Like I said, Nelly doesn’t get the respect he deserves. Solid 7/10.

 

Nov 29, 2018

Imma bust the coaches head open on some Diddy s--- if he ever talks to me son like an idiot. Just listened to this all the way through on the train like a month again and it holds up better than I remember. I wish he would have taken his time a little bit more, but it’s sgull great. I remember being on here watching the MSG release party, and I remember the OG Wolves getting leaked and I DM’d Koolo asking if this was the real thing and he was pissed cause the guy wasn’t supposed to leak it lol. I had always been a big Kanye fan, but I didn’t become a Stan until I saw the Yeezus tour, so this was the first release for me as a full on Stan. Great times.

8/10

 

Nov 28, 2018

Pablo feels less like a cohesive whole and more like a playlist; it's a mess, lacking the kind of grand, unifying theme and sound that Kanye wove into all of his previous projects, but in an endearing way, rather than the obvious, transparent way of his next album. After obsessively reinventing himself on every project up to that point, Ye hit us with maybe the most left-field move of his entire career and made... a conventional rap album. Hearing him dart back a forth from Ultralight Beam to Freestyle 4 to FML to NMPILA is honestly kind of thrilling, and doesn't come off gimmicky like it does on Ye. The writing, aside from a few verses here and there, is uniformly awful, but Kanye can still chop up samples better than nearly anyone else and stops the album from completely falling apart with some legendary beats. There are a few absolute clunkers on here (I'd be happy if I went my entire life without ever hearing Facts again), but the good songs really connect and show that the Kanye who made Yeezus is still in there somewhere. I'd be perfectly fine if Yandhi sounded like this.

7.5/10

 

Nov 28, 2018

The Blueprint gets 9.7/10 from 12 ratings

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RATING 6: Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Release Date: 14 February 2016
Label : Def Jam / GOOD



Tracklist

01. Ultralight Beam ft. Chance the Rapper
02. Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 ft. Kid Cudi
03. Pt. 2 ft. Desiigner
04. Famous ft. Rihanna, Swizz Beatz
05. Feedback
06. Low Lights
07. Highlights ft. Young Thug
08. Freestyle 4 ft. Desiigner
09. I Love Kanye (Interlude)
10. Waves ft. Chris Brown
11. FML ft. The Weeknd
12. Real Friends ft. Ty Dolla $ign
13. Wolves ft. Sia
14. Frank’s Track ft. Frank Ocean
15. Siiiiiiiiilver Surffffeeeeer Intermission
16. 30 Hours
17. No More Parties in LA ft. Kendrick Lamar
18. Facts (Charlie Heat Version)
19. Fade ft. Post Malone, Ty Dolla $ign
20. Saint Pablo ft. Sampha

I wonder if there’s ever been a rapper that remained as consistently brilliant as long as Ye did. From 2004 - 2013 (almost) everything he touched turned to gold. The songs leading up to the fabled So Help Me God/Swish/Waves seemed to suggest that his follow up to Yeezus would continue the trend. But when TLOP dropped I couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed. Theres nothing really bad about TLOP but it just feels so inconsequential next to his previous five albums, like everything was toned down a few notches. I remember a review describing it as sounding like a work in progress rather than a finished album and thats pretty much exactly my thoughts. Sure, there are some all time great Kanye songs (Ultralight Beam, FSMHP1, Saint Pablo), but overall its pretty forgettable. I’ve barely returned to it since it came out.

6.5/10

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Nov 27, 2018

Agree with pretty much everything said here. Two of the biggest fictions in hip hop are that Ether was superior to Takeover (some concede that Takeover is the better song while Ether is the better diss. No, Takeover is better as a song AND a diss record), and that Eminem murdered Jay on Renegade.

Hola Hovito isn't as great as the songs surrounding it, but I wouldn't call it filler. That second verse is pretty great...'you a candle in the sun, that s--- don't even out'

U Don't Know might be my favorite hip hop beat ever. Anybody who's seen Jay in concert knows that s--- sounds crazy live.

Also, I can't believe those guys on DEHH were saying Izzo is filler....WTF?

Anyway, 10/10 album.

 

Nov 25, 2018

Easy 9.5

I mean what is there to say, Jay at some of his best musically ever. I listened to this so much I got sick of it and my love for it has waned over time but now I go back and think d--- Jay was at his peak on this. This is the Jay z most people think of when they think of Jay z. Takeover is the most banging diss of all time, heart of the city has one of the most iconic instrumentals in music as far as I'm concerned, and renegade is pound for pound one of the best rap songs ever

 

Nov 23, 2018

d--- thats some serious wisdom. Sounds like a 94 Nas lyric.

Ok blurbs it is. But only has to be a sentence or 2. Dont wanna discourage rating

 

Nov 20, 2018

Life After Death gets 9.8/10 from 9 ratings

By the way, feel free to give your ratings for previous albums if you haven’t already, I can always just update the score.

Anyways, next up…

RATING 4: Denzel Curry - TA13OO
Release Date: 27 July 2018
Label: PH/Loma Vista



Tracklist:

Act 1: Light
01. Taboo
02. Black Balloons ft. Twelve’len & GoldLink
03. Cash Maniac ft. Nyyjerya
04. Sumo

Act 2: Gray
05. Super Saiyan Superman
06. Switch It Up
07. Mad I Got It
08. Sirens ft. J.I.D.
09. Clout Cobain

Act 3: Dark
10. The Blackest Balloon
11. Percs
12. Vengeance ft. JPEGMAFIA & Zillkami
13. Black Metal Terrorist

I wasn’t sure what to expect for Denzel’s follow up to 2016’s Imperial (which was very good). I had mixed feelings about the first single, Clout Cobain and its accompanying video. Was Denzel going full Juggalo on us? But Denzel exceeded my expectations with this album. I love how well the sequencing works, from ‘light’ to ‘gray’ to ‘dark’ (even though the transition from disc 1 to 2 isn’t perfect). Disc 3 is particularly brilliant, just as dark and evil as its title suggests. This is pretty much exactly what I’d want to hear from a Denzel project and I see only bright things ahead if he continues on this trajectory. I’d give it an 8/10

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Nov 18, 2018

When my men bust you just move with such stamina
Slugs missed ya, I ain't mad atcha
(We ain't mad atcha)

 

Nov 18, 2018

f--- Suge knight